On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Nicholas Roberts < nicholas at themediasociety.org> wrote:
> News Corp to be challenged by Tom Watson over 'surveillance'
>
> Murdochs face ranks of investor critics at LA event as Labour MP claims
> type of snooping distinct from hacking
>
>
> Tom Watson <http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/tom-watson>, the Labour MP
> who has been a leading figure in parliament's investigation into the News of
> the World phone-hacking scandal, plans to make dramatic allegations about News
> Corporation <http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/news-corporation>'s use of
> surveillance <http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/surveillance> at the company's
> annual shareholder meeting.
>
> Watson, who sits on the Commons culture, media and sport committee which
> has investigated the scandal, said he would be giving News Corp's
> shareholders details of previously undisclosed surveillance methods used by
> the firm that were technologically quite distinct from the phone hacking
> carried out by NoW staff. He refused to go into details about the
> allegations he would be making or to offer any evidence to corroborate them.
>
> He said: "I want to leave investors in no doubt that News Corporation is
> not through the worst of this yet and there are more questions for the
> Murdochs to answer."
>
> Watson has flown to Los Angeles to attend the shareholders meeting, which
> he will gain access to having been given a proxy vote by the US trade union
> umbrella group, the AFL-CIO
>
>
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/oct/20/news-corp-tom-watson-surveillance-allegations
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